Peace....? Pax....? Paix....?

 Today is apparantly World Peace Day. This is Googles' Doodle, and it's sort of ironic that there are only 12-15 wars going on today, plus a couple of hundred 'insurgences'.....! around http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_military_conflicts
  (red areas are major wars with more than 1,000 deaths per year - yellow 'minor' conflicts with fewer than 1000 deaths/year!) - As at October 2012
By far the most destructive is the following....followed by the still active most destructive.......
1945Korean ConflictAsia North Korea
 South Korea
4,500,000+[36]2[37]1[38]
1978Conflict in Afghanistan (1978–present)Middle East Afghanistan1,405,111-2,084,468[6][7][8][9][10]8,398+[11][12]


And we celebrate World Peace Day..........?
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